Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Warmer Than I Thought, Green in Rows, Diamonds on Velvet

1. I worked in my garden for a while, sitting back on the shady grass to rest every now and then.
1.a. I was extremely pleased to see so many earthworms in the soil.
2. We took delivery of a hundred shrubs for a church project. They are lined up in rows and it looks like we have our own personal nursery. I wish!
3. The crescent moon hangs like a teacup with Venus and Jupiter above and below. They are an odd trio hanging there together, but bright and beautiful nonetheless. The rest of the sky is thick with stars, shining layer upon layer far into the black nowhere.

"The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside from a generous hand. But who gets excited by a mere penny?...It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won't stoop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted with pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. It is that simple. what you see is what you get."